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See the Huskers on BTN at 6pm tonight. They play 22nd ranked Iowa at Iowa. A tough chore and this game will be like the Cincinnati game. NU will have to play at their best and hit a few 3's to win. Iowa has a 26 game winning streak on their court against unranked opponents.

Friday, December 27, 2013

Our Boehler Christmas is tomorrow. It's been a little over seven years ago since dad passed away. I still think about him everyday and miss him so much! I was going through some old papers and found the following. It brought tears to my eyes and I thought I would share it.

Janet, my wife, gave a devotional at her women's Church group shortly after dad passed away. She centered it on the "Purpose Driven Life's" Chapter 16. Her topic was "The Best Time to Love is Now". It says the best time to love is now because you don't know how long you will have the opportunity. The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.

Here's what Janet said,

"In September my father-in-law (Connie) was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Needless to say the family was not expecting to hear such devastating news. But since the day of diagnosis my husband and his siblings were with their father every day (literally). John would make trips daily to Kearney, Alma, and Lincoln. Family would stay at the hospital in Lincoln several days at a time. The expression of love to their father would be envious of anyone that could have witnessed it. Connie was sent home from Bryan LGH in Lincoln on Tuesday because there was nothing else that could be done in Lincoln. Connie was ready to go back to the Alma Hospital. He even stopped and bought chocolate malts for Bryce, June, his wife and himself in York. That night was the best Connie had since his bad news a few weeks ago. He laughed with old friends, told jokes to his kids and even told June to go home and have a good night's rest. Well, the next day Connie took a turn for the worse and by 5:00 that afternoon the family was joined around the bed. Connie was coming in and out of consciousness but I honestly believe he was waiting for his last son, Scott, to arrive before going home to be with the Lord. Scott arrived around 6:00 p.m. from Lincoln and as he hugged his dad, Connie briefly opened his eyes as if he knew everyone was there. The last hour of Connie's life was bittersweet. After the arrival of Scott, John leaned over to his dad and said it's time to go home; we are all here now. We all held hands and prayed the Lord's Prayer and as we finished the last word of the prayer, Connie took his last breath. I have never felt more compassion and love as I did that moment. Our prayers had been answered and Connie was at a place he had been on earth preparing for."

Janet continued, " I look back now at the sacrifices each one of Connie's children and June made to spend every single moment with him they could, not knowing how much longer they would have with him here on earth. They had absolutely no regrets. That kind of love is what God intended us to share everyday and not when it's convenient for us or when it works in our schedule."

Janet said that when she finished there wasn't anybody that didn't have tears in their eyes. Dad was always proud of our close family.So during this Christmas season dad is very much on our minds! We do miss him dearly.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Taylor Martinez is officially ruled out of the Gator Bowl as announced by Bo Pelini today.

Randy Gregory annnounced he is staying for another year at Nebraska. Great news!!

The NU men's basketball team is ranked 89th by Pomeroy. They play Cincinnati tomorrow at Cincinnati. Cincy is very very good at home. Cincinnati is rated 37th.

Deverell Biggs is not traveling to Cincinnati. Coach Tim Miles left him home when he showed up late for a film session.

Prediction:

Cincinnati 67 Nebraska 58Right now it looks like NU will be a 6-12 team in the Big 10. Now if they can win two more and go 8-8, who knows, maybe they can go to the NCAA tournament.
We are just a few days away from the Gator Bowl. Its a rematch from last year. The 8-4 Huskers will be healthier for the game compared to the last two or three weeks of the regular season. The Huskers will put up a good effort and will hold close in the game. It may come down to a last second field goal. I look to the underdog Huskers (9 point underdogs) to end the season in grand fashion. Tommy Armstrong was the quarterback for only one loss this year. I don't think he will have another.

Prediction:

Nebraska 27 Georgia 24
The Oklahoma City Thunder announced that Russell Westbrook will be out seven weeks after having knee surgery.

I always like to see who the scout players of the year are. They usually star for Nebraska the following year or within two years. This year the offensive scout team player of the year is Adam Taylor, the freshman running back that redshirted this year. Jason Ankrah says he will be a special kid and that he has a lot of football ahead of him. Ciante Evans calls him "Physical".

The you have Courtney Love, the defensive scout team player of the year. They say that he looks like a grown man. Add Marcus Newby, who Jeremiah Sirles says he looks like a young Lavonte David. Both linebackers wowed the starting offense at times.

6'9" David Knevel looks to start at tackle next year. Some say he may have started this year or at least would have played a lot if he hadn't redshirted.

It will be interesting to see how fast quarterback Johnny Stanton rebounds from his injury.

The volleyball team won Friday in three sets sweeping San Diego. Now its on to #1 Texas. It will be tonight on ESPNU. There will be a lot of Nebraska viewers I am sure. Go Huskers!

Nebraska plays Arkansas State in men' s basketball this afternoon. NU is 6-3 and Arkansas St. is 5-2. Arkansas St. has the top ranked 3 point shooter in the nation in Melvin Johnson. He is sitting at 64% from the three point line.

Arkansas St. starts five seniors! Arkansas St. coach John Brady led LSU to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2000 and the Final Four in 2006.

I feel strongly that I don't feel strongly either way on if Bo Pelini should be fired or not. Unless you have a donor that wants to pick up approximately $12.5 million in salaries for Bo and his assistants, then the athletic department should not fund it. An even bigger question is who wants to come to NU that will be better than Bo Pelini. There are lots of good coaches out there but how many want to come to Nebraska right now. I really don't don't know. I really don't know how good Bo really is.

I do know that we had more than our share of injuries this year. I think the coaches, team, and fans all expected much more this year with our easier schedule and most of our offense was back. But after the multiple injuries happened we were patching in all kinds of replacements who overall did a good job but they weren't as good as the starters would have been.

Nebraska can't get Chris Peterson. He is headed to Washington. Nebraska can't Sarkasian. He went to USC.

Pelini has his blood pressure go up with the sight of somebody from the press and he many times is an embarassment to himself, Nebraska, and the program. He has to figure out a way to overcome this. The press will continue to go after him so it probably won't get better until we start to win more games. Pelini is not media friendly.

Tim Miles is and his is still in his honeymoon period with the Nebraska people and media. But Tim Miles takes a positive approach to meeting with the media. Really Bo Pelini never has. If he can't do it then they need a spokesman for the team and keep Pelini out of it. Of course he should take a cut in pay for giving up part of his responsibilities.

Dirk Chatelain asks the question of why we play a South Carolina St. but we don't play an UNO 60 miles away. Good question.

Nebraska basketball played much better against Miami Fla the other night. They will be competitive but don't set the bar too high as they have much to improve yet.

Walter Pitchford has zero turnovers this year.

Nebraska climbed from 105th to 92nd in the Pomeroy ratings. Quite a jump. Nebraska is projected to have a losing season this year and to only win one in every three games in the Big 10. Hopefully we will do better and we are improving.

Tomorrow we play Creighton in Omaha. It will be a very tough fame. Creighton should win this one. Doug McDermott is somebody we can't really match up with. We have to keep him down to win.

PREDICTIONCREIGHTON 64NEBRASKA 56The story today will be the Nebraska women's volleyball team playing Oregon in Lincoln to advance in the NCAA tournment. Should be a great game and I think NU will beat them this time!!!
Nebraska got a commit from a Juco defensive back from Mississippi named Byerson Cockrell. Not highly rated by Rivals, Inc. but we do know that they miss many ratings. Nebraska will need cornerbacks and dime and nickel backs next year. We lose a lot at those positions. NU is looking at especially replacing Ciante Evans at nickel. Cockrell had offers from Middle Tennessee State, Northern Colorado, and Southern Mississippi. NU must see a lot that others aren't.

I am glad global warming is here. I wonder how cold it would be without it.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

PredictionNebraska 23Iowa 17
Iowa was 4-8 last year and they have improved to 7-4 so far in 2013. Three of Iowa's losses combined to lose just three games this season.

Jake Rudock is the Iowa quarterback. Rudock has a 60% completion rate and has 2,155 yards in passing and 16 touchdowns. He also has 12 interceptions and will be a factor Friday!
Rudock can also run the ball he has 210 yards rushing and five touchdowns.

Iowa has a great running back bunch. Mark Weisman has 865 yards and five touchdowns, Damon Bullock has 467 yards and one touchdown, and Jordan Canzeri has 273 yards rushing.

Kevonie Martin-Manley leads the Iowa receivers with 37 catches for 324 yards and three TDs. Their hottest receiver right now is Tevaun Smith who has 24 catches for 310 yards. They do throw well to the tight ends and this could be an important factor. TE CJ Fiedorowicz has 23 catches for 230 yards and five touchdowns.

Linebacker Anthony Hitchens leads Iowa on defense with 95 tackles and 13 of these have been for losses. Also linebacker James Morris has 90 tackles and Christian Kirksey has 86 tackles. By the way defensive lineman Drew Ott (Giltner Ne) has 46 tackles this year.

Iowa's defense is very good. They are third in the Big Ten in yardage allowed with 304.5 yards a game.

The Iowa offensive line has only given up 10 sacks this year. This will be something that Nebraska must overcome to be successful.
I believe that Ron Kellogg will start on Senior Day. It is unknown if Tommy Armstrong can even play. Jamal Turner should play. Offensive linemen that have been hurt are Sirles, Cotton, Pensick, and Moudy should get to play.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Calvin Strong is said by many to be the best back Nebraska has had since maybe Danny Woodhead. Strong ran 39 times for 197 yards and Omaha North beat Omaha Westside 23-21. Strong is only a junior. Hopefully Nebraska offers him soon.

Jamal Turner may play this week against Iowa. Thad Randle is questionable and so is Tommy Armstrong. If Armstrong can't play Ryker Fyfe would play if Kellogg gets hurt.

While I was deer hunting Saturday afternoon I also had my earplugs in so I could here the game. What a great win! What a great feeling when Pat Smith drilled the field goal in overtime to win. Nebraska 23 Penn State 20.

If Nebraska would have lost the game would have been focussed on the horrible call on Sam Burtch when Abdullah scored. Bad bad call.

The statistics for the game were almost even. Total yardage was almost the same.

Nebraska's fumbles are hurting them. We are second to last in the nation with 15.

Allen Robinson, one of the top receivers in the nation, had 8 catches for 106 yards. Jean-Baptiste played pretty well against him at times.

The overtime win puts Nebraska at 7-1 in overtime games. Nebraska is 10-1 when Big 10 games are decided by 10 or fewer points.

Ron Kellogg played a good game when Armstrong got hurt. Nice to have a couple of quarterbacks that can play if needed.

Iowa may be the most physical team NU plays this season. This game will be close. A win will be great. I wouldn't have been surprised if Iowa was favored but Nebraska is favored by three points.

Random Thoughts
Michigan St may give Ohio St. a pretty good game in the Big 10 Championship.

York's Glen Snodgrass is one of the top coaches in high school football in Nebraska. He has turned around a York program that has had losing seasons for a while. He was very successful at Overton previous to that.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Weather looks to be 40 mph winds and rain tomorrow for the Penn State game. That usually means the team that can hold on to the ball wins. The team that runs the ball well wins. Nebraska has four starting offensive linemen that are game time decisions.Sirles, Moudy, Pensick, and Jake Cotton are all troubled by injuries.

Nebraska can run the ball well. They need to win this weekend.

Nebraska 13Penn State 10The Nebraska basketball team dropped their second game of the season against UAB. UAB shot 83% in the second half.

Yes Nebraska needs to upset (mild) Penn State this week away and then find a way to beat Iowa at home the day after Christmas. I believe Nebraska will get a tough bowl game against a SEC team. It would be nice to get a Missouri to play versus LSU.

Oh my Nebraska looked like they would win last Saturday versus Michigan St. with about nine minutes to go. It just felt like NU had the momentum and they were only six points down after committing five turnovers. Just didn't happen but NU looked ever good as a team as Michigan St. You just can't have turnovers.

The NU men's basketball team will have Gallegos and Biggs in the lineup and this will probably limit some time for a couple of backup players. We will see who that is.

The remaining teams' records for each undefeated team.
Alabama 21-8
Florida St. 10-18
Ohio St. 13-14
Baylor 26-12
Fresno St. 8-10
Northern Illinois 16-13Nebraska 19-9
Records of teams' played so far this year.
Alabama 42-45
Florida St. 48-36
Ohio St. 39-45
Baylor 36-38
Fresno St. 34-50
Northern Illinois 28-59Nebraska 41-41
Points Differential
1. Baylor 488-123 +365
2. Florida St. 468-108 +360
3. Ohio St. 434-153 +281
4. Alabama 368-95 +273
5. Northern Illinois 398-225 +173
6. Fresno St. 399-242 +157Nebraska 323-205 +118Looking at those stats, you could give the nod to Florida St. or Baylor over Alabama. Florida St. has the easiest road to bowl season and they have a great chance to be No. 1 at the regular season's end. Alabama plays at No. 7 Auburn on November 30th. Florida is at Florida on ovember 30th. Baylor plays at No. 12 Oklahoma St. on November 23rd. They are all tough games and one ,two, or three of these mentioned teams will get beat.If they all get beat that would probably put Ohio St. No. 1 as it looks like they should win out. Their toughest game will be at Michigan on November 30th.
Nebraska plays another tough team this week in Michigan St. This will be their toughest game so far. The closest team to Michigan St. would be UCLA but I think MSU will be even tougher.

Nebraska is much improved since the UCLA. I think they are better offensively and they are better defensively. If Nebraska loses this game, Michigan St. clinches the division. BIG GAME!

PREDICTIONMichigan St. 23 Nebraska 21Predicted FinishNebraska 9-3Bowl GameLSU or Auburn in the Gator Bowl.If that's true we will be the underdog by 6-8 points.Go Big Red!

Monday, November 11, 2013

The NU women are the new BIG 10 soccer champions! They have also earned a NCAA berth. The Huskers shutout the Iowa Hawkeyes 1-0.

The NU women's volleyball team won two matches this weekend. They beat Wisconsin and yesterday they beat No. 9 Minnesota at Minnesota 25-22, 15-25, 27-25, 15-25, and 15-11. No. 2 Penn State is leading the league by one game over Nebraska.

Of course by now you know that the NU football played great and beat Michigan 17-13 at Michigan. The NU defense played great. I think they must of watched the film as to how Michigan St. defended them. Same results. Michigan's offense is not very good right now. I am proud of the NU defense and how they have improved the past couple of weeks. Time for the Blackshirts again.

Tommy Armstrong really played well the last drive. Really well. He will be a good quarterback in the future. Abdullah is one of the best running backs in the nation. How about that block by Alonzo Moore when Kenny Bell caught the fourth and two pass on the final drive.

Injuries are hurting the offense. So far those hurt include Taylor Martinez, Spencer Long, Jamal Turner, Jeremiah Sirles, Jake Cotton, and others including Jake Long, Kenny Bell, and Wil Richards. Have the starters are hurt so we need to remember that.

The Big 10 is so physical. The last three years have had the Huskers really beat up by the end of the season. You need lots of depth to play in this league.

And then there was the NU women's BB team that annihilated the UCLA Bruins in the first real basketball game in the arena Friday at noon. They won hands down with Jordan Hooper having 27 points.

I attended the NU men's basketball game on Friday night. Oh my Gosh, what fun. Tommy Lee and the band entertained us with an awesome piece. Interesting idea to have the band on the BB floor. The lighting and sound systems were awesome. Karmin sang the National Anthem and it is fun to listen to such great talent.

I expected Nu to get beat or win in a close one but NU dominated them. Florida Gulf Coast was a disappointment. The NU team were great. Yse, a team that played so well together. They reminded me of the Princeton teams a few years ago that did well in the NCAA tournament. Well coached, playing defense, playing as a team, and getting all they can out of the talent. How refreshing.

Michigan State is this week in football and that should be very interesting.

Saturday, November 09, 2013

What fun it was at the NU BB game last night. The arena atmosphere was great. What a nice venue. The whole experience was just a lot of fun. The band performance and lighting was like no other I have ever seen at a basketball game. Tommy Lee joined in and wow what a sound system.

Then Karmin sang the national anthem and what a great moment that was. Just beautiful.

Having more of the students on the floor should help the atmosphere as long as they keep showing up and why shouldn't they. They have the best seats in the house.

The NU basketball team is well coached. They really play as a team. Unselfish. Fun to watch. They will be better than last in the Big 10.

Florida Golf Coast was a disappointment. I am not sure how good they are. They didn't impress.

So NU basketball has started. The women beat the No. 25 team in the nation 77-49. That's impressive.

Now on the NU football. NU has lots of injuries. I think the loss of Spencer Long may hurt us the most. But Michigan is maybe even more beat up. I head says Michigan by three or four points but we are going with the heart today. We will call it the "Hail Mary" carryover.

Wednesday, November 06, 2013

The prediction last week was 28-24 Nebraska. The final was 27-24. Of course we were lucky to win. What an ending to a so-so game. There wasn't a lot of excitement for a while but it was so fun to watch the defense make the Wildcats put eleven times in row. I will take that kind of so-so any day.

The ending was great. It has to go up there with "feel good" plays with the Stutz to Crouch pass against Oklahoma in Lincoln a few years ago. It is probably ahead of the Maurice Purify TD catch vs. Texas A & M during the Calahan era that won the game at the end. It is similar to the Alex Henery 57 yard field goal against Colorado to win the game.

Now this week we go to Michigan. This is not an easy chore although Michigan is down this year. This week's prediction reflects another close game. Can the Huskers pull out another miracle. We will see.

Friday, November 01, 2013

Nebraska plays an 0-4 Northwestern tomorrow in what could be a heck of a game. Northwestern has injuries and they are better than their conference record of 0-4. NU is coming off a loss at Minnesota. Tommy Armstrong starts for NU and will utilize the talent around him to get 28 points. The defense steps up with some personnel changes and holds Northwestern to 24 points this week.